English Explanatory Dictionary

Marla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
noun
  1. Plasticine; modelling clay.
noun
  1. A rufous hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus), a small desert marsupial of Australia.
noun
  1. A unit of area used in the Indian subcontinent, of varying size, but roughly 250 square feet.

Word forms

Marla marlas mala maala

Etymology

American back-formation from Marlene, first used in the 1930s.

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